> If there can be power on prongs you can touch it's poorly designed imo. Agreed. > Of course I know charging an entire country's plugs isn't an overnight thi

> If there can be power on prongs you can touch it's poorly designed imo. Agreed. > Of course I know charging an entire country's plugs isn't an overnight thing but it should be something under consideration. We did that here in Brazil not long ago (and Brazil is a huge country). We changed from a mix of different plug types (a flat blade plug similar to unpolarised NEMA 1-15, a plug with round pins somewhat like CEE 7, or the newer USA plug NEMA 5-15) and sockets (older sockets accepting only flat or only round pins, newer sockets being able to accept either, and even newer sockets also accepting things like polarised NEMA 1-15 and/or NEMA 5-15 together or not with the round pins) to a newer design with round pins and a recessed socket (NBR 14136, based on IEC 60906-1). With this new design, unless you're using an adapter to an older plug, whenever the pins are exposed they're not live. All new installations and devices are required to use this new standard; adapters are available for old devices and old sockets.